"This elegant edition contains many of the best and most readable English translations of the Dialogues
and Letters. . . . Judiciously edited, beautifully printed."
--Review of Metaphysics
Princeton University Press Web Site, January, 2001
Summary
All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume
Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work
of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the
present day. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Edith Hamilton; an introductory essay on
Plato's philosophy and writings, by Huntington Cairns; and a comprehensive index which seeks, by means of cross
references, to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.
